Flooding forces dyeing units in Ludhiana to shut operations

A major textile processing center in North India, Ludhiana is currently facing flooding due to rising water levels in the Sutlej river. As a result, local authorities have ordered a temporary shutdown of all dyeing clusters and processing units. An order issued on September 1 states, these units will remain closed until the river level recedes.

According to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, the backflow of the river at the Bhattian Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has impacted its operations. This has led to overloaded sewer lines, which could cause flooding in low-lying areas. Consequently, dyeing clusters have been instructed to suspend their work temporarily.

Authorities have notified local industry associations, including the Bahadur Ke Dyeing Association, the Tajpur Road Dyeing Association, and units in Industrial Area A and Moti Nagar. The dyeing cluster in Focal Point, as well as various scattered dyeing and washing units and all industries situated between Samrala Chowk and Jalandhar Bypass, have also been informed.

Ludhiana's textile dyeing industry operates on a significant scale, with over 300 units ranging from small to large businesses. More than a dozen of these industrial units each have a daily dyeing and processing capacity of over 10 tons of fabric, in addition to hundreds of small and medium-sized units. The city's treatment infrastructure includes three Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) with a total capacity of 105 million liters per day.